Notes from an Ordinand continued from previous page

Next month I will also be spending part of each of two weeks in the Chaplain's department at the Royal Surrey Hospital. Other students will be based at HMP Send, at Gatwick Airport and at Epsom General Hospital. I will let you know more about my sector placement in due course. Then after Easter all the OLM students go off together for our Summer School (yes in April!) where we will be based in the centre of Birmingham and spending time trying to understand more of multicultural societies and faiths with specific reference on the relations between Christians and Islam.

We were told the pace of work is ratcheted up a notch in the second year and that certainly is proving very true. I can now at least look back on the first half of my training since half term this week marks the half way point of my three year course which will end in June 2009. Please do continue to pray for me and talk to me about what I am doing. It's a fascinating journey of discovery and learning and one I am more than delighted to share in greater detail with those who are interested.